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No. 288,540. Patented Nov. 13, '1883.

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JoHN ARMsrnoNe, or CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO BERNARD eLoEKLnn, or rrrrseune, PENNSYLVANIA.

; MACHINE FOR STUFFING SAUSAGES.

. l SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,540, dated November 13, 1883.

V Application filed Apiil5,183. (X model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, 'JOHN ARMSTRONG, of Cleveland, in the'county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented an Improved Sausage Stuffing Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification Figure 1 being a top view of my improved sansage-stuffer; Fig. 2, a side view of the same; Fig. 3, a transverse vertical section of the same in a planeindicated by the line as 00, Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a horizontal section, looking upward, in a plane indicated by the line y y, Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a vertical section in a plane indicated by the line 2 2, Fig. 3.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all the figures. I

My improved sausagestuffer is constructed on the general plan of the sausage-stuffer patented by J ohnWagner, March 29, 1859, No.

r 23,416 and my invention consists in the mechanism,substantially as herein described, whereby steam or other power is practically and conveniently applied to such a machine and readily controlled by the attendant.

In the drawings, the sausage-meat cylinder A and piston B are of ordinary or any suitable construction. The piston-rod O is a rack gearing into a pinion on a vertical shaft, D, and turning with the same shaft is a worm-wheel, E, gearing into a worm-shaft, G, in' a manner similar to that of the corresponding parts in the said XVa-gner invention also, in a way similar to the said invention, a crank or crank wheel, H, is attached to the upper end of the pinion-shaft D, by which the piston is run back by hand after the sausage-meat has been discharged from the cylinder. Upon the wormshaft G may likewise be a crank, I, for forcing forward the piston, if it is desired at any time to operate the machine by hand; but by means as represented in the drawings, and now to be specified, I am enabled to apply steam or other powerto the machine, and thus to stuff sausages with great facility and rapidity and to keep the machine under perfect control. For this purpose, instead of ungearing the worm-shaft from the worm-wheel by a longitudinal movement of the shaft, as in the Wagner patent, I maintain the said parts continually in gear,and provide for running back the piston by mounting the wornrwheel E loose on the pinion-shaft .D, and for clutching the same thereto and unclutching it therefrom, as required for the operation desired. I also connect the steam-power with the wormshaft G in such manner that by a clutch device the power is made to turn the shaft or not, at will, without starting and stopping the power every time that the motion of the stu fferpiston 13 is to be started or stopped.

bringing the power to act on the worm-shaft. A forked lever, g, embracing the clutch 1n the usual manner, is attached to a rock-shaft, h, which has a spring, i, to hold the clutch away To this end a loose .pulley, a, is placed on the wormshaft G, around which the driving-belt b from from the pulley, and a treadle, K, pivoted to an arm, m, on the rock-shaft, or otherwise suitably connected therewith, enables the attendant, by pressing his foot on the treadle, to couple the pulley to the worm-shaft, and thus Work the piston forward. On taking his foot from the treadle the spring t immediately uncouples the pulley from the shaft and stops the forward movement of the piston.

The rock-shaft h may be suitablylocated below the bench, though shown in the drawings as above the bench. The clutch coupling may be effected by hand, or by other means; but I prefer the treadle, as, the most convenient, and as preferable in all respects.

The construction of the clutching device between the pinion-shaft D and worm-wheel E is substantially as follows: Theworm-wheel is provided with a sleeve, a, which surrounds the pinion shaft, and has clutch-couplin g teeth p on its upper end. The clutch L slides, but does not turn, on the pinion-shaft above this the pinion will gear without fail into the rack sleeve, and is pressed downward to couple I the said shaft to the said worm-wheel by a spring, r. A rod, 3, extends upward from theclutch L through the crank-wheel H, which wheel, being fast on the shaft, prevents the turning of the clutch on the shaft; but the rod is specially useful for applying a cam-lever, M, which is pivoted to the rod 8, and has a cam, t, on its lower end, that bears on the upper surface of the crank-wheel. The arrangement is such that when the cam-lever is turned to a horizontal position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the clutch L is lowered by the spring r, so as to engage with the coupling-teeth p on the worm-wheel sleeve, and it thus couples the worm-wheel to the shaft, since the said worm-wheel is fast on or in one piece with the sleeve. This is the usual operative position of the parts; but when the piston is to be run back for putting another batch of sausage-meat into the meat-cylinder, the camlever M is raised to a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 3, thereby uncoupling the pinion-shaft from the worm-wheel and lifting and holding up the clutch L against the force of the spring 1". The piston may then be freely run back by turning the crank-wheel in the proper direction.

There is a suitable vacant space, a, Figs. 1 and 2, outside of the last one of f the teeth 1) o of the piston-rack O, for the pinion N to turn in, and not further move the rack, as soon as the pinion has been driven into the cylinder as far as it should go. To keep the last tooth of the rack in contact with the pinion, so that at the next forward movement to be imparted thereto, a spring, w, is placed upon the outer end of the piston-rod, and is so arranged that it will press against the end of the frame through an intervening movable washer, 2, when the piston is driven in as far as it should go, and thereby effect the purpose.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a sausage-stuffer, the combination of 5 the piston B, rack C, pinion N, and loose worm-wheel E on a shaft, D, 'means for coupling the said wheel to the said shaft, wormshaft G, pulley a on the latter shaft, and driving-belt b, for the purpose herein specified.

2. The combination of the piston B, rack C, pinion N, and wormwheel E on a shaft, D, means for coupling the said wheel to the said shaft, worm-shaft G, loose pulley a on the latter shaft, and clutch J, for the purpose herein specified.

3. The combination of the piston B, rack C, pinion N, and worm-wheel E on a shaft, D, means for coupling the said wheel to the said shaft, worm-shaft G, loose pulley a 011 the latter shaft, clutch J, treadle K, and means for connecting the said treadle and clutch, for th purpose herein specified.

4. The combination of the piston-rack C, pinion N, pinion-shaft D, wormwheel E, crank-wheel H, clutch L, sleeve a, couplingteeth p, rod 5, and cam-lever M, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified. I Y

5. The combination of the piston-rack 0, provided with teeth 1; o and spring 10, and having a vacant tooth-space, a, and the pinion N, all arranged substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

6. The combination of the piston B, pistonrack C, shaft D, the pinion N, loose wormwheel E, means for coupling the said wheel to the said shaft, collar 01, clutch-teeth p, wormshaft G, crank-wheel H, clutch L, clutch-rod s, cam-lever M, clutch J, and treadle K, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in presence of two witnesses. g V 7 JOHN ARMSTRONG.

\Vitnesses:

WM. H. Knns, G. VITZs'rEINER. 

